Edith Recovering Harold's Body after the Battle of Hastings

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Edith Recovering Harold's Body after the Battle of Hastings

Artist	Horace Vernet
Year	1827
Type	Oil on canvas, history painting
Dimensions	370 cm × 430 cm (150 in × 170 in)
Location	Musée Thomas-Henry, Cherbourg

Edith Recovering Harold's Body after the Battle of Hastings is an 1827 history painting by the French artist Horace Vernet. It depicts the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings in 1066 during the Norman Conquest of England. The English monarch Harold Godwinson was defeated and killed in the fighting. It shows a famous scene as Edith the Fair, accompanied by some monks, scoured the battlefield for the fallen Harold. He is discovered in a broken palisade, a sheet hiding the face which has been disfigured by an arrow.

British historical themes were very fashionable in France during the Restoration era, particularly those of Walter Scott. Vernet produced several paintings including this one.

It was one of several historical paintings Vernet exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1827. In 1828 it was exhibited in London at William Armfield Hobday's gallery in Pall Mall. Today it is in the collection of Musée Thomas-Henry in Cherbourg.

References

Ruutz-Rees p.12-13
Fahy p.326-27
Harkett & Hornstein p.162
The London Magazine. Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1828. p.229-30
https://www.culture.gouv.fr/regions/drac-normandie/Actualites/Restauration-d-un-tableau-d-Horace-Vernet-Edith-retrouvant-le-corps-d-Harold-apres-la-bataille-d-Hastings

Bibliography

Fahy, Everett (ed.) The Wrightsman Pictures. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005.
Harkett, Daniel & Hornstein, Katie (ed.) Horace Vernet and the Thresholds of Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture. Dartmouth College Press, 2017.
Ruutz-Rees, Janet Emily. Horace Vernet. Scribner and Welford, 1880.

v t e Horace Vernet
Paintings	The Death of Prince Poniatowski (1816) The Dog of the Regiment Wounded (1819) Massacre of the Mamelukes (1819) The Gate at Clichy (1820) L'Atelier (1821) Napoleon's Tomb (1821) Portrait of Marshal Saint-Cyr (1821) The Battle of Jemappes (1821) The Battle of Montmirail (1822) Joseph Vernet Tied to a Mast During a Storm (1822) Allan M'Aulay (1823) Duck Shooting (1824) The Battle of Hanau (1824) The Battle of Valmy (1826) Edith Recovering Harold's Body after the Battle of Hastings (1827) The Battle of Bouvines (1827) The Battle of Fontenoy (1828) Portrait of Louise Vernet (1830) Italian Brigands Surprised by Papal Troops (1831) Raphael at the Vatican (1832) The Battle of Friedland (1835) The Battle of Jena (1836) The Battle of Wagram (1836) Napoleon at the Tuileries (1838) The Siege of Antwerp (1840) Louis Philippe and His Sons (1846)
Related	Carle Vernet (father) Joseph Vernet (grandfather) Galerie des Batailles Military art Orientalism

Horace Vernet

Paintings

The Death of Prince Poniatowski (1816)
The Dog of the Regiment Wounded (1819)
Massacre of the Mamelukes (1819)
The Gate at Clichy (1820)
L'Atelier (1821)
Napoleon's Tomb (1821)
Portrait of Marshal Saint-Cyr (1821)
The Battle of Jemappes (1821)
The Battle of Montmirail (1822)
Joseph Vernet Tied to a Mast During a Storm (1822)
Allan M'Aulay (1823)
Duck Shooting (1824)
The Battle of Hanau (1824)
The Battle of Valmy (1826)
Edith Recovering Harold's Body after the Battle of Hastings (1827)
The Battle of Bouvines (1827)
The Battle of Fontenoy (1828)
Portrait of Louise Vernet (1830)
Italian Brigands Surprised by Papal Troops (1831)
Raphael at the Vatican (1832)
The Battle of Friedland (1835)
The Battle of Jena (1836)
The Battle of Wagram (1836)
Napoleon at the Tuileries (1838)
The Siege of Antwerp (1840)
Louis Philippe and His Sons (1846)

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